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12.12.02
Friends and Subscribers-

I really dropped the ball a couple of weeks ago, in not reporting a brief advertised sale by GI Joes, of the Garmin eTrex Legend at $199, down from the msrp of $268.  The cost was $149 when you subtracted the Garmin factory rebate of $50 (good until December 31, 2002). This was just $30 more than the base $119 eTrex! The Legend has the same configuration as the work horse eTrex and is no more accurate. However, the Legend is WAAS compatible and comes with a basic large scale map of North America. 

The Legend can be loaded with up to 8 MB of topo maps for say, the climbing areas of Oregon, Washington and Northern California. The Garmin MapSource Topo companion software in a three CD set, lists at nearly $120, so be aware that you may want to have this topo detail in the backcountry. But if you completely disregard the rather large scale topo map functions of the Legend, there are several advantages for the serious GPS user such as faster data input and more information and flexibility in data display. $30 dollars worth of advantages, for sure!

I was concerned about sending too many updates, and the GI Joe's opportunity was lost. But now, check the price of the Legend at Sargent's Stereo. I am not permitted to quote the price due to Randy's agreement with Garmin, so you will have to call 541-389-2251. Randy Sargent works with the Deschutes County SAR volunteers and others and sells a lot of Garmin products from his stereo business off Highway 97 south of the railroad overpass in Bend. (Approach and leave in the northbound lane :-)

The original Vitrinox Swiss army knife model number 53003 in black or red at Walmart's hunter's counter is priced at $8.96. Don't pay $16 for this Essential! Give these traditional classics to your friends for Christmas along with a printout of our Basic Responsibilities and Ten Essentials pages. ("The Card"™ is now available at the front office desks of the Deschutes National Forest Supervisor and the Bend-Ft. Rock District.)

BiMart is offering ClifBars at $.99. Buy an assorted box or two! A discontinued chocolate flavor is avaiable at $.69. Read What's wrong with GORP? on our world wide web. (BiMart charges a one time - "life time membership fee" of $5.00.)  A friend tells me that Costco regularly has ClifBars at $.89!

Mountain Supply offers the Black Diamond "Ion" for only $22.50! The Ion is the latest ultra-light LED headlamp/flashlight. You gotta get one! The Ion weighs 25 grams, that's .9 oz! It lights up 45 feet ahead for up to 15 hours on one 6v camera battery. (Always check the instructions!). They have lots of miscellaneous hats, clothing, boots and shoes on sale now. Don't forget to ask for your TraditionalMountainering Subscriber's Discounts. Support Mountain Supply, your original outdoor store in Bend!

The North Face Outlet store in Bend will close on January 5, 2003! Make sure you don't miss the reducing prices.

Donate $5 to TraditionalMountaineering and receive by return mail, an Original and Genuine English made Acme Thunderer whistle for your compass lanyard! Try our PayPal Donate button.

Our traditional mountaineering information is about 5% written and uploaded to the world wide web! We have been busy answering some Questions: best harness?, best belay-rappel-autoblock device?, best harness tech gear?, light and fast? (fit and experienced), what's in your day pack? 

World-wide interest in TraditionalMountaineering continues to exceed all expectations. Watch for the number of pages of information to continue to increase rapidly in the next few weeks.

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11.22.02
Subscribers and Friends-

Manager Rod Bien tells us that his The North Face Outlet store in Bend will close on January 5, 2003! TNF factory orders are more closely tracking their retail sales and all but three of their fifteen outlet stores will close. The last shipment of goodies arrives in Bend on December 12 and Rod will sell everything until the store is empty. Many folks are sad; local outdoor retailer friends are very happy.

TNF’s Thanksgiving Sale starts today through December 1, 2002, and offers up to 50% off the low discount price of items including their packs. Of course, ask Rod for your extra 10% TraditionalMountaineering subscriber’s discount on larger orders.

Check out the Essential TNF breathable water resistant wind jackets discounted to about $15. See the Prophet light weight full featured backpacks sized from 3,300 to 4,370 cubic inches discounted 50% more to under $100. Women’s brushed nylon hiking pants and shorts are down to about $24. GorTex XCR, the newest more breathable jackets, are 40% off the lowest marked price. We picked up TNF travel packs at 50% off for a trip to Europe. Sorry, the tents and sleeping bags are gone!

E-retailer Northern Mountain Supply announces a Truckload Sale of Sierra Designs clothing, sleeping bags and tents. 

E-retailer Shoreline Mountain Products announces a sale on boots from La Sportiva, sleeping bags from Mountain Hardware and tents from Bibler. 

LandsEnd Catalog has a fleece mock-turtle half-zip shirt for $19.50. Buy several in different colors. Call 1-800-356-4444 and ask for S to XL, M’s #8176-1C23, W’s #8176-2C29 or go to their web. 

Redpoint Climber’s Supply in Bend offers 20% to 50% off on Gregory backpacks, Black Diamond harnesses and Mt. Hardware clothing.

Redpoint has the Petzl Reverso belay/descender device and the new Trango B52 belay/descender in stock. These devices have an “autoblock” design feature that will lock the rope automatically when the climber slips or falls. I have both, but I am more comfortable with the B52. It’s bomber! If you are still using a figure eight, you need to check out these autoblocks with the knowledgeable folks at Redpoint.

Many folks are NOT aware that Cellular One has a plan that provides an almost free cell phone and service, for a monthly access fee as low as $10.00! Calls are based on a very low cost per minute. I seldom use my phone for chatting; I have the cell phone with me in my car or pack, shut off but always ready to turn on in an emergency. I have considered the consequences of not having a cell phone in a road or backcountry emergency.

To my surprise, a current Cellular One promotion will credit TraditionalMountaineering with $25.00 for each new customer that fills out a referral at time of activation. This will help pay for our growing not-for-profit web site. Talk to anyone, or to Jessi M. Brown at the Cellular One store next to Hollywood video on Third Street (97) in Bend. (You really should rent Spielberg’s Band of Brothers while you are nearby.)

World-wide interest in TraditionalMountaineering is exceeding all expectations. Watch for the number of pages of information to increase rapidly in the next few weeks. We have just finished a website face lift and html code update of every page, giving better access to the search engines and providing a more professional look.

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On Belay! –Webmeister Speik

09.30.02
Friends and Subscribers-
We note the untimely passing of Galen and Barbara Rowell. We invite you to visit their website: Mountain Light.

TraditionalMountaineering is founded on the premise that “He who knows naught, knows not that he knows naught”, that wandering the hills and summitting peaks have dangers that are hidden to the un-informed and that these inherent risks can be mitigated by information, training, interesting gear and knowledge gained in part through the experiences of others.

The value of TraditionalMountaineering to our Friends and Subscribers is the selectivity of the information and its relevance to introducing folks to hiking on the trail, exploring off the trail, mountain travel and Leave-no-Trace light-weight bivy and backpacking, technical travel over steep snow, rock and ice, technical glacier travel and a little technical rock climbing on the way to the summit. Whatever your capabilities and interests, there is a place for everyone in traditional mountaineering.

Whew! That being said, here is the good stuff:

Garman International is offering a $50 rebate on their popular eTrex Summit, eTrex Legend, eTrex Vista GPS models until December 31, 2002. This coupon is redeemable only through their website. See our Selected Links. GI Joes has the eTrex at $108!

The POLAR Accurex II Heart Rate Monitor for serious aerobic traditional mountaineers is available for $80.00, ($50 off) through Sierra Trading Post.

Climb Max and Shoreline Mountain Products have end of season sales offering gear at significant discounts. TNF has another sale going from October 11 to 14, 2002.

A new pair of classic SMC medium Crampons is for sale for $34.00 at Second Season Sports on Greenwood in Bend. Select and wash an extra sport climbing harness from several not recommended for leader falls.

TraditionalMountaineering is committed to preserving and enhancing the environment. We have adopted the Wild and Scenic Crooked River through Smith Rock State Park through SOLV and the Oregon Adopt-a-River program and soon we will be organizing new volunteer projects.

TraditionalMountaineering has been able to adopt a significant one mile section of Oregon Sate Highway 20 between Bend and Sisters at the Official Viewpoint overlooking the panorama of peaks from the Three Sisters Wilderness north to Mt. Jefferson. We will highly maintain this scenic mile with volunteers under the ODFW Adopt-a-Highway program.

TraditionalMountaineering is looking for a volunteer grant writer for a project for the American Alpine Club. Call Bob Speik at 385-0445.

Monday, October 7, 2002, Trail Restoration near Brokentop trailhead.
Join volunteers from TraditionalMountaineering for this project directed by Trails Specialist and Bend Councilor John Schubert. We will be transplanting native plants and sewing seed in this spectacular high country. Be prepared for possible cold, windy and rainy above tree line conditions. This physical work will be done to USFS requirements under individual Volunteer Agreements which need to be completed before October 3, with Todd Cardin, USFS Volunteer Coordinator, 383-4000. Call Bob Speik at 385-0445 or email by October 4, for possible carpool arrangements.

Check our Seminars for October.

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08.05.02
Subscribers and friends-
We have been asked to call the Lynn County Sheriff's Office in Albany (541-967-3911) if any of us may have seen this adult couple with novice outdoor skills, still lost in the vicinity of Big Lake.

Copy and paste the following link for the complete story and the latest information from bend.com (the new "Bend Bugle"): 
http://www.bend.com/news/ar_view^3Far_id^3D5796.htm#no-hash
--On Belay, Bob Speik, www.TraditionalMountaineering.org

For the rest of the story-
http://www.kgw.com/cgi-bin/gold_print.cgi.  Note the Lynn County Sheriff's comment "The whole area is crisscrossed with trails so it could be easy to get lost in there if you’re just totally unprepared with no sense of how to take care of yourself in the outdoors."

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07.19.02
Subscribers and Friends-
Chris Sabo (USFS) tells us that: "The heat is on and the snow is gone! The hot temps over the past two weeks have nearly "vaporized" the remaining snowpack. The only snow remaining on District trails is in the form of patches along the following trails: Green Lakes, Broken Top, Moraine Lake, South Sister Climbers, Pacific Crest Trail (mainly Koosah Mt.), Mt. Bachelor and patches of snow in the Twins area, Only snow patches remain in the Green and Moraine Lakes areas with the Designated Campsites being snow free. The main trails to the South Sister Summit from Moraine and Green Lakes are mostly free of snow, but beware small snowfields or extensive patches will continue to exist into August. Road 370 beyond Todd Lake parking lot is the only District road yet blocked by snow (and locked gates). We do expect to have it open by July 31!"

Check out our new summit photos of Shasta, Hood, the Steens and the Cascades Cycling Classic Criterium in downtown Bend, on the PhotoMap.

Senator Craig (R-UT) admits Fee-Demo has failed; Rep. Jim Hansen, architect of the nation's five-year experiment with the "pay-to-play" idea, has backed off --

Rod Bien, manager of TNF Bend (and recent finisher of the Western States 100), announces that everything in his Outlet store in Bend is 50% off the discounted price (sorry- no additional Traditional Subscribers discounts)! The Soloist Bivy is in stock ($295 now $75), the essential summer Crosswinds Jacket is down to only (men's) size small ($15). Winter day packs are $25! TNF gear storage bags are $2.50, etc. Check it out! Sale ends in two days, Sunday, July 21, 2002.

Our selected link of the month is Terra Galleria images

photograph by Quang-Tuan Luong, all rights reserved 

Wonder at state-of-the-art photographs celebrating the mountains and read about Tuan. For many years Tuan authored the only website for high level mountaineering on the web. Tuan was originally trained as a scientist, and during the first part of his career made major contributions to the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing. He learned to use the large format camera and in the process, he "happened to create the primary technical resource for large format photography on the web".

The value of www.TraditionalMountaineering.org is its selective presentation of information relating to the sport of alpine mountaineering.

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06.27.02
Subscribers and Friends-
Yes, TNF is having yet another sale, this time from June 27 to July 7, 2002 at the Outlet Mall! Clothing is half off and Tents, Sleeping Bags and Day Pack are 30% off the already discounted outlet price. Don't forget to ask for your additional 10% TraditionalMountaineering Subscribers Discount on purchases of over $100. Talk to Rod Bien.

My pano photo below shows Subscriber and friend Paul Chance at 10,400' on the way to the summit of Mt. Shasta (14,162') last weekend. He liked the weight, design and high tech features of my TNF (green gortex) Soloist Bivy so much he is returning his OR Deluxe Bivy to REI and buying the Soloist Bivy. List price is $295.00, outlet price is $149.99 less 30% or $104.99 less 10% Traditional Subscriber's discount or $94.49! TNF has about 100 in stock for the sale. Friend Paul points out that his new (yellow) model is ounces lighter than my last years Soloist. Hmmm.

I was plenty warm and dry even in the brief evening storm with snow and 50mph winds in my Soloist at 2 lbs and my TNF Blue Kazoo 20 degree down bag at 2 lbs, 9 oz. (I did not check the price and availability of the new "classic" Blue Kazoo.) My backpack weighed in at 32 lbs for the three day climb.

While you are at the outlet, pick up the Crosswinds Jacket. This Essential rain resistant highly-breathable zip-up-the-front hooded micro wind jacket is all the outer layer protection I carry in my summer day pack (unless rain is forecast, of course). Here is the math: List $49.00, outlet $29.99 less 50% or $15.00 less Traditional Subscriber's 10% (if you buy the bivy) or $13.50.  Buy a bunch for gifts and spares!

Pick up the Big Shot or new model Exocet day packs: list $89.00, outlet $49.99, sale $34.99 (less subscribers 10%?).

WOLVES WIN ONE: Judge rules they belong in Sawtooth mountains

Under pressure from ranchers and politicians, federal agents have killed 19 endangered gray wolves in the wilds of central Idaho this year. But a federal judge has now ruled that the state's spectacular Sawtooth National Recreation Area doesn't just belong to cows and sheep that are permitted to graze there in the summer, but also to the wolves and other wildlife that live there year-round. Judge Lynn Winmill barred federal agents from automatically killing or moving wolves when they clash with livestock in the Sawtooths.

There's more good news for wolves. A wolf named Estrella -- Spanish for "star" -- her mate and seven of their offspring have been released into eastern Arizona. That means there now are more than 40 of these highly endangered wolves in the wild as part of a federal recovery program that began in 1998 on the Arizona-New Mexico border. To help protect wolves, go to Defenders of Wildlife our featured link this month.

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06.14.02
Subscribers and Friends-
Join us tomorrow from 10AM to about 1PM at the Deschutes National Forest Supervisor's Office on Highway 20 opposite Pilot Butte in Bend, for our part in the nationwide peaceful media demonstration against the government's Fee Demo Program. Bring your placards or use ours-

Interested folks can plan to tour the Deschutes Brewery brewery at 901 SW Simpson, after the demonstration. The Brewery brewery offers tastings and tours every Saturday afternoon!  Reservations are not necessary.

Update Gear Tip-
Buy the Wenger Esquire "Original Swiss Army Knife" list $25.00 for $9.97 (that's $15 off) through the traditional Campmore Catalog, (Summer 2002, page 216, item 83660-N red).

The graphic does not show the tick tweezers, but the catalog does. This is all the knife that's needed in the "Ten Essentials" for trained, experienced, light and fast summer traditional mountaineering.

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--On Belay, www.TraditionalMountaineering.org

06.06.02
Subscribers and Friends

We are pleased to announce the uploading of our planned Subscribers Only Section, which will contain the TraditionalMountaineering Handbook, a basic to advanced mountain climbing course. When you Subscribe you will receive a welcoming email, ID cards and the required Password to enter this new Section.

Currently, Subscriptions are FREE and we have made them easier to fill out on your computer, print and mail to us. We have reduced the fine print (required even in outdoor clothing catalogs) to the recognition that mountain climbing and related outdoor activities have Risks. Traditional Mountaineers accept such inherent Risks and understand that they may be mitigated by basic and technical climbing instruction, proper clothing and gear, practice, informed good sense and respect for the force of Gravity.

The value of our virtual club is in the selective presentation of information about mountain climbing. We suggest today, a link to Defenders of Wildlife. Outside Magazine says: "Of all of the wildlife groups, Defenders of Wildlife has stayed closest to its original purpose to protect species and habitat. It remains lean and focused."

Chris Sabo, Trails Specialist for the Bend-Ft. Rock District reports 06.05.02 that "Spring is beginning to melt into Summer. " "Snow melt is accelerating with more trails and facilities opening up. I did a Sunday ski tour from Todd Lake to North slope of Broken Top, traversed the east slope of South Sister to 8800', down to Wickiup Plain and out to Devils Lake. Spring snow was great, sun warm, silence...well very quiet except for chirping birds, flowing snow melt, and distant breeze. High elevation Wilderness Lakes still frozen: Todd 98% ice, Green 99.5% ice, Moraine 100% ice covered. Todd Lake parking access blocked by snow for another 7-10 days. More parking becoming available along Hwy 46 at S. Sister Climbers trailhead. Some 35-40 skiers, boarders, and hikers on S. Sister on each Saturday and Sunday. Green Lakes trailhead mostly blocked by snow; give it 10-12 days before full parking access. About the same (maybe 2 days more) for Devils Lake. Dutchman Flat is showing signs of bare ground too."

Bargain Sleuth- Crampons at Second Season: but be sure they fit your appropriate boots. Beware the crampons that do not flex unless you are sport climbing ice on the Eliot Glacier. One or two mountaineering ice axes (and lots of shortie outmoded ice climbing axes?) are available here and at Redpoint and Mountain Supply (ask for your TraditionalMountaineering Discount!).

Big Bargains: Jim Smolich Motors (Jeeps, etc.) is liquidation over 200 surplus SUVs and others this weekend on Highway 20 opposite Pilot Butte. Time to buy a good trailhead car (really strong but looks weak, no bumper stickers)?

Return to the 60s! "The Forest Service, in partnership with the Corporate Recreation Industry, is now marketing PUBLIC LANDS ACCESS as a commodity available only to those willing and able to pay. Citizens who believe they are owners - not customers - of Public Lands must voice their opposition to this UN-DEMOCRATIC land management practice. Meet at the Supervisor's Office of the Deschutes Pay-Per-View National Forest, located on HWY 20, near Pilot Butte, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM on June 15th. Your participation is needed to Keep Public Lands Free of Corporate Greed. Hand-held signs will be available. Bring family and friends!" Contact Dale Neubauer at 541-388-7335 and mention TraditionalMountaineering.  See you there!  Fee demo is opposed by almost everyone (including USFS employees): Click on Wild Wilderness to see all of the hiking and mountaineering organizations and state and local governments opposed to FEE DEMO.

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On Belay! --Bob Speik

05.16.02
Friends and Subscribers-

The World Wide Web contains very large, beautiful and informative Sites covering all aspects of the Sport of Alpine Mountaineering.  For an example, visit our TraditionalMountaineering site, click on Selected Links We Like and open:

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 TraditionalMountaineering offers "Free Basic to Advanced Mountain Climbing Instruction" in the form of free seminars and outings and seminar handouts, essays, recommendations and tips and tricks related to mountain travel and bagging peaks in the Northwest. The information is limited to suggestions on selected gear and techniques and is not an exhaustive analysis of all the technical options. Traditional Mountaineering obligations of Leaders and Followers to each other and to the Land are an underlying focus of our virtual Club.

 The value of TraditionalMountaineering to our Friends and Subscribers is the selectivity of the information and its relevance to introducing folks to the many basic to advanced aspects of the Sport. These aspects include hiking on the trail, exploring off the trail, mountain travel and Leave-no-Trace light-weight bivy and backpacking, technical travel over steep snow, rock and ice, technical glacier travel and a little technical rock climbing on the way, and at the summit. Whatever your physical capabilities and interests, there is a place for everyone in TraditionalMountaineering.

 Whew! That being said, here is the good stuff:

 Fred Meyer has a sale until May 25, 2002 on ClifBars: 98 cents each (50 cents off) or $10.68 on a box ($6.00 off)! ClifBars are the right mix of Carbohydrates, Protein and a little bit of Fat for eating on the go. Eat one per hour and you can climb forever (in theory).

 Second Season Sports has a dozen well used white Petzl Ecrin UIAA climbing helmets, your pick at $24.50. (Check the padding and wash well before using!)

 Mountain Supply has a note on the board outside, for the sale of a pair of La Sportiva Makalu boots, worn a few times, "about size 7". Go to their store on Columbia Avenue to get the phone number. For information on Boots and Shoes, go to TraditionalMountaineering, Frequently Asked Questions or click on Boots .

 The North Face Outlet in Bend has Boots and Shoes for sale: La Sportiva Trango Plus $70; La Sportiva Trango Extreme $105; La Sportiva K3 $105! Save hundreds! I'd love to wear the Trango, a light weight crampon compatible technical climbing and approach boot - but the largest size is a 47. The K3 is more technical than the Makalu. Check out La Sportiva on the Web through Links .  TNF has Approach Shoes for $21! at the 70% off Sale: see the Current Events Calendar.

 Need a summer day hike (light summit) pack? TNF has the HOT SHOT on sale for $20.99 down from retail $69.00. Check it out: the right size for your Ten Essentials, lunch, fleece and wind jacket, very light weight, hip belt for stability, compression straps that can hold your sit-pad and poles and a separate pocket for two quarts of water in Nalgene bottles or better yet in Nalgene or Platypus bags.

Don't forget to ask for your TraditionalMountaineering favorite stores additional discount.
MBSEF still needs local volunteers to help with the Pole, Pedal, Paddle on Saturday. Call Kristi at 385-1999, and mention TraditionalMountaineering.

That's all folks!
On Belay! Bob Speik

04.24.02
Friends and Subscribers-
I am urged to pass this along this good news!
--Bob Speik

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sandy Lonsdale 
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:39 AM
Subject: Good News!!

Hey folks, it isn't in the Oregonian this morning, but NPR reported this morning that Kitzhaber is drafting language to the Oregon Energy Siting Council that he opposes the Cogentrix gas plant near Madras, primarily due to the fact that the location is too far away from where the power is needed, and that areas that need more power should also bear the pollution burden. There was even a report from a Cogentrix spokesperson saying he wished the Gov. had spoken out earlier before they spent all the money preparing for the plant (ignoring all the speaking out we all have done for a year now).

Folks, we may have done it!

Now I don't think we should let up one bit, but I better prepare to buy Mary Zemke those milkshakes I owe her for all she has dedicated to this effort. I say we still go forward with all our plans, including some really BIG EVENT, like the rally and march from Rimrock Springs, or...whatever we arrive at. But grant yourselves a little extra lightness in your step today, watch today's Bulletin and other locals, and pick up an Oregonian on Thursday, there might be a headline there for your scrapbooks.
Sandy Lonsdale.

04.16.02
Friends and Subscribers-
From time to time we are urged to share timely news:

Today, Tuesday at 10:00 PM "OVER THE EDGE" 
"Dateline NBC’s John Larson reports on four American mountain climbers, who found themselves swept into an Islamic revolution in a small Central Asian country, a year before the events of September 11th. And in order for them to survive, one of them would have to be willing to kill." 

The four big wall climbers included Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodin, both of whom have climbed at Smith Rock. Watch actual video footage of their big wall project and their kidnappers in this magazine style Dateline NBC coverage! A true life adventure with a grim but successful ending.

ECO-CHALLENGE NEW ZEALAND 2001
Coming to our TVs Soon?? Check this great website Eco-Challenge for details.

Sunday, April 21, 2002, 9AM to 2PM Free Snow Climbing and Glacier Travel Seminar
This Traditional Mountaineering free seminar provides basic instruction in constructing snow anchors, leading steep hard snow slopes, constructing and following a fixed rope, dynamic and fixed snow belays, dulphersitz and mechanical rappelling, roping-up for glacier travel and crevasse rescue systems.

This is the fifth year for this popular clinic. See the photos on our web. Click on www.TraditionalMountaineering.org/Current.htm for a preview of the Prospectus. Filling up; no drop-ins! For information call Bob Speik at 385-0445 or send an email!

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On Belay! --Bob Speik



04.07.02
Friends-
This message announces the uploading of www.TraditionalMountaineering.org to the new World Wide Web for "Traditional Mountaineering", a virtual club devoted to providing Free Basic to Advanced Mountain Climbing Instruction and Adventures. Click on the link to check it out now, and be sure to bookmark the site for future reference.

Some free Clinics and Seminars are planned to carry on a mountaineering tradition of helping folks learn more about Wilderness Travel and Alpine Mountaineering. Free subscriptions are available now to the planned Subscribers Only Section that will make available on the web, a Basic to Advanced Mountaineering Training Course. Watch our progress!

Plan now to attend the Banff Mountain Film Festival on Monday or Tuesday, April 22 or 23, 2002, at 6 or 9PM. This rich and entertaining collection of award winning films by international film makers has had sell out audiences at the Pilot Butte Cinemas for the benefit of MBSEF in past years.
On Belay! --Bob Speik

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